to separate; to isolate
隔 · 12 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 鬲 represents the sound.
离 · 10 strokes
Simplified form of 離. Depicts a bird (隹) being caught in a bird trap (罕). Based on the original meaning "catch a bird". The meaning later shifted to "reject", "separate", and "leave". The 隹 (bird) com…